List of Ipad and Ipod Applications * Instructor Recommended Applications for the iPad: ABC Player & ABC News: Catch the latest episodes of your favorite ABC TV shows Atomic Web: An easy to use web page (paid app) Brain POP: View daily videos, take a quiz and save your scores Dictionary: Have a full dictionary and Thesaurus available anytime Dragon Dictation: Easy to dictate comments & email Dragon Search: Easy to use Search Engine Dr. Suess Story Books / Games: Read along, play with the pages (paid apps) Dropbox: Sync documents with your computer and pull them up anywhere Echofon: If you Twitter, this is an easy to use app to follow & be followed Evernote: Create notes from meetings and access them from your desktop later Good Reader: Manage all files, photos, pdf, word, excel and more (paid app) Google Earth: View the world GoSkyWatch: Explore the stars iBooks: Read your favorite books, find free books, see what's on the NY Times list iTeleport: Access your computer from the iPad Keynote: Create / Use "Power Point" type slides for presenting (paid app) Pearl Diver: Learn how to read a number line and read fractions in this fun game PhotoPad: Modify pictures & save to your iPad Popplet Lite: Create word / phrase maps while adding photos & drawings, save & share Simple Mind X: Create colorful Word Webs as you brainstorm ideas Social: A great way to access your Facebook Speak It!: Enter a text and the voice will read it back to you, includes email & file settings Tangram: Create pictures using tangram pieces Weatherbug: Keep up with the weather anywhere WordPress: Modify your WP Blog page from your iPad USA Today: Catch all of the world news on easy to read pages
Suggestions from Business Educators who took the Marian iPad Class: Katie Grassel, Business Educator, Seymour, WI Jan Imhoff, Business Educator, Portage, WI Jennifer Wegner, Business Information & Technology Specialist, DPI & Adjunct Instructor with Marian
iPod Applications for Education
ABC Tracer: Trace and learn the letters of the Alphabet, upper & lower case, numbers 0-9 Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader: Fun challenge game just like the TV show Basic Math: Learn basic math facts - flashcards Child Timer: Choose the timer you want and set it for 1 or 2 minutes or in 5 minute intervals Dragon Dictation: Use the microphone ear buds and dictate your comments, see them in print Flashcard Touch: Create your own flashcards Foreign Languages: Pick any language you want, just download the applications Google Earth: Awesome way to view the Earth Graphing Calculator: Just what it says - a calculator History Maps: Download any map you would want from history iHomework: Manage student homework Lets Tans: Tanagram puzzles for students to challenge themselves Mathematical Formulas: Math formulas at your finger tips, no more memorizing x+y=z NASA App: Solar System, stars, science, discovery and more The Oregon Trail: Take your students on the Oregon Trail just like the pioneers Planets: Learn all about the planets in our Solar System Shake and Spell: Shake up your iPod Touch and spell as many words as you can Shopping List Lite: Create a shopping list for use with your students when on CBI SkyVoyager: Learn all about the solar system SRN Client: Clickers for your classroom Stars: Another great guide to the solar system States & Capitals: Flashcards of the 50 states and their capitals Textropolis: Get the name of a major city and find as many words in the letters as you can USA Factbook: Facts on the 50 states Weather Bug: Get the latest weather and the forecast anywhere 2010 World Factbook: All the facts you can imagine
Great article on how to use ipods to increase reading comprehension
http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/03/14/using-ipods-to-increase-reading-comprehension.aspx
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Great websites for teaching with ipads and ipods
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http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/iPad+Apps
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http://ipodclassroom.wikispaces.com/
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Great blog for using ipads in classrooms
http://ipadders.eu/category/blog/
List of Ipad and Ipod Applications
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Instructor Recommended Applications for the iPad:
ABC Player & ABC News: Catch the latest episodes of your favorite ABC TV shows
Atomic Web: An easy to use web page (paid app)
Brain POP: View daily videos, take a quiz and save your scores
Dictionary: Have a full dictionary and Thesaurus available anytime
Dragon Dictation: Easy to dictate comments & email
Dragon Search: Easy to use Search Engine
Dr. Suess Story Books / Games: Read along, play with the pages (paid apps)
Dropbox: Sync documents with your computer and pull them up anywhere
Echofon: If you Twitter, this is an easy to use app to follow & be followed
Evernote: Create notes from meetings and access them from your desktop later
Good Reader: Manage all files, photos, pdf, word, excel and more (paid app)
Google Earth: View the world
GoSkyWatch: Explore the stars
iBooks: Read your favorite books, find free books, see what's on the NY Times list
iTeleport: Access your computer from the iPad
Keynote: Create / Use "Power Point" type slides for presenting (paid app)
Pearl Diver: Learn how to read a number line and read fractions in this fun game
PhotoPad: Modify pictures & save to your iPad
Popplet Lite: Create word / phrase maps while adding photos & drawings, save & share
Simple Mind X: Create colorful Word Webs as you brainstorm ideas
Social: A great way to access your Facebook
Speak It!: Enter a text and the voice will read it back to you, includes email & file settings
Tangram: Create pictures using tangram pieces
Weatherbug: Keep up with the weather anywhere
WordPress: Modify your WP Blog page from your iPad
USA Today: Catch all of the world news on easy to read pages
Suggestions from Business Educators who took the Marian iPad Class:
Katie Grassel, Business Educator, Seymour, WI
Jan Imhoff, Business Educator, Portage, WI
Jennifer Wegner, Business Information & Technology Specialist, DPI & Adjunct Instructor with Marian
iPod Applications for Education
ABC Tracer: Trace and learn the letters of the Alphabet, upper & lower case, numbers 0-9
Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader: Fun challenge game just like the TV show
Basic Math: Learn basic math facts - flashcards
Child Timer: Choose the timer you want and set it for 1 or 2 minutes or in 5 minute intervals
Dragon Dictation: Use the microphone ear buds and dictate your comments, see them in print
Flashcard Touch: Create your own flashcards
Foreign Languages: Pick any language you want, just download the applications
Google Earth: Awesome way to view the Earth
Graphing Calculator: Just what it says - a calculator
History Maps: Download any map you would want from history
iHomework: Manage student homework
Lets Tans: Tanagram puzzles for students to challenge themselves
Mathematical Formulas: Math formulas at your finger tips, no more memorizing x+y=z
NASA App: Solar System, stars, science, discovery and more
The Oregon Trail: Take your students on the Oregon Trail just like the pioneers
Planets: Learn all about the planets in our Solar System
Shake and Spell: Shake up your iPod Touch and spell as many words as you can
Shopping List Lite: Create a shopping list for use with your students when on CBI
SkyVoyager: Learn all about the solar system
SRN Client: Clickers for your classroom
Stars: Another great guide to the solar system
States & Capitals: Flashcards of the 50 states and their capitals
Textropolis: Get the name of a major city and find as many words in the letters as you can
USA Factbook: Facts on the 50 states
Weather Bug: Get the latest weather and the forecast anywhere
2010 World Factbook: All the facts you can imagine